honeyspider:

“The boys [in Misfits] still get the better parts, in terms of writing. But that’s in everything, not just TV series. A lot are written by men and it always falls down when it comes to women. That’s why a lot of actresses return to theatre.”

“I do feel quite lucky not to be pigeon-holed. It’s not that I don’t want to play mixed-race, because I am, but I don’t want that to become the issue. I think most black actors don’t want to be ‘the black actor’.”